Openly Gay Marine Wins State House Seat in Ala.

Congrats to openly gay Marine Neil Rafferty, who won the race for Alabama's House seat in District 54, AL.com reports. The seat was made empty by Patricia Todd, who was Alabama's first openly gay lawmaker.

The newspaper writes Rafferty, a Democrat, won by "handily beating Independent Joseph Casper Baker III" with "90% to 10 percent."